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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is Atzel's hair?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blonde.

2. What stops the children in Grandmother's tale from playing their game?
(a) A crash from the kitchen.
(b) A knock on the door.
(c) A thunderclap.
(d) A roar outside.

3. What is Shmerel's title?
(a) Mistaken.
(b) Silly.
(c) Ox.
(d) Foolish.

4. What is Chelm full of?
(a) Priests.
(b) Fools.
(c) Children.
(d) Teachers.

5. What does Atzel think he has to do to get to paradise?
(a) Wish.
(b) Die.
(c) Pray.
(d) Work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the orphan girl come to live with Atzel?

2. How are Atzel and the older man in the first story related?

3. What does strange man do when the children realize who he is?

4. What is the hat made of that belonged to the strange man in Grandmother's tale?

5. Who does the strange man in "Grandmother's Tale" turn out to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the strange man in "Grandmother's Tale" do when he came into the house?

2. What does Atzel do the minute he is released from paradise?

3. What did the strange man who appeared in "Grandmother's Tale" look like?

4. How does Atzel feel when he is told it is not time for him to go to paradise?

5. What does Gronam notice about the Hanukkah snow?

6. What happens to Atzel's life after his time in paradise?

7. What does Atzel do on his first days in paradise, and how does he feel about this?

8. What do the Elders decide to do during the next snow after seeing what happened?

9. Why were the Elders chosen to rule the town of Chelm?

10. What is the rhyme at the end of "Grandmother's Tale"?

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